COP 27 Side Event: Aligning Climate Finance Flows with Caribbean Countries' Climate Resilience Needs

Monday

November

2022

Time

4:30 a.m. - 6:00 a.m.

Time zone

AST

Location

The CARICOM Pavilion,
The Blue Zone, Hall D PV46

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COP 27 Side Event: Aligning Climate Finance Flows with Caribbean Countries' Climate Resilience Needs

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The event will raise awareness about the climate change risks faced by Caribbean countries; highlight the efforts that have been made thus far to adapt; and advance discussions on how the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) on climate finance can better respond to Caribbean countries' needs.

Event Partners: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States and Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre

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Speakers

Welcome

Ms. Valerie Isaac Coordinator, Environmental Sustainability Unit, Caribbean Development Bank

Keynote Address

Dr. Hyginus Leon, President, Caribbean Development Bank

Moderator

Dr. Colin Young, Executive Director, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre

Panellists

Hon. Pennelope Beckles, Minister of Planning and Development, Trinidad and Tobago
Mr. Isaac Solomon, Vice-President (Operations), Caribbean Development Bank
Ms. Catherine Collin, Senior Adviser, EIB Global
Ambassador Jeanine Felson, Senior Advisor to the Alliance of Small Island States and the Caribbean Community on Climate Matters

Closing Remarks

H.E. Dr. Didacus Jules, Director General, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Commission